Information and documentation due at the closing inspection shall include:

1. A. The exact date on which the pharmacy ceased to operate as a pharmacy;
2. B. A copy of the inventory required by the Drug Enforcement Administration;
3. C. The pharmacy permit and Maryland Department of Health controlled dangerous substance registration for cancellation;
4. D. The names, address, telephone numbers, and Drug Enforcement Administration registration numbers of the persons or business entities to whom any prescription drugs in stock were returned or transferred under Regulation .05 of this chapter and for any prescription files or patient records transferred;

5. E. If prescription drugs are destroyed pursuant to Regulation .06 of this chapter, and Regulation .07 of this chapter does not apply to the prescription drugs, the pharmacy permit holder shall provide the Board with a letter, signed under oath by the pharmacy permit holder, stating the:

   1. (1) Date, place and manner in which the prescription drugs were destroyed;
   2. (2) Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the persons responsible for destroying the prescription drugs; and
   3. (3) Name, dosage unit, and quantity of each type of prescription drug destroyed;

6. F. If any patient records which are not required to be maintained by law, or other documents containing patient information are destroyed, the pharmacy permit holder shall provide the Board with a letter, signed under oath by the pharmacy permit holder, stating:

   1. (1) That the documents were destroyed;
   2. (2) The date of the destruction of the documents;
   3. (3) The name and address of the person who destroyed the documents;
   4. (4) That the records or other documents were destroyed in a manner so as to avoid breaches of patients' confidentiality; and
   5. (5) The identity of the records destroyed; and

7. G. If any patient records or other documents containing patient information are transferred, the pharmacy permit holder shall provide the Board with a letter, signed under oath by the pharmacy permit holder, stating:

   1. (1) The date, time, place to which and manner in which the records or other documents were transferred;
   2. (2) The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the persons responsible for transferring the records or other documents;
   3. (3) That the records or other documents were transferred in a manner so as to avoid breaches of patients' confidentiality; and
   4. (4) The identity of the records transferred.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§12-205 and 12-513, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: December 3, 1984 (11:24 Md. R. 2069)

Regulation .01C adopted effective February 19, 1990 (17:3 Md. R. 299)

Regulations .02E amended effective February 19, 1990 (17:3 Md. R. 299)

Regulations .01 — .04 repealed and new Regulations .01 — .06 adopted effective April 16, 2001 (28:7 Md. R. 690)

Chapter revised effective June 1, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 493)

Regulation .01B amended effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1076); June 26, 2023 (50:12 Md. R. 475)

Regulation .03 amended effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1076); June 26, 2023 (50:12 Md. R.475)

Regulation .04 amended effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1076)

Regulation .05 amended effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1076)